Friendly greetings all.
I acquired a Mosin as my first rifle a little while back, and I've been enjoying shooting it. Now that the novelty has worn off and the itch to buy every accessory under the sun (which for the Mosin isn't many) has begun to abate, I've decided to settle down to improving my rifle's functionality and accuracy.
First on the list is a feeding issue that I've been battling regularly. I've been loading my stripper clips in a pyramid type space arrangement, rims like so:
****---****
**---**---**
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When I feed the rounds in to the magazine, however, I get a rimlock four times out of five. This is only a problem with the top round. All other rounds cycle flawlessly regardless of rim ordering. My understanding is that with a properly functioning interrupter there is no mechanical reason for a Mosin to rimlock, regardless of the arrangement of the cartridge rims.
To combat this problem I ordered a full replacement spring kit from "buymilsurp.com" and replaced the interrupter spring. There was a marginal decrease in rimlock frequency, but it's still an unacceptably regular occurrence.
I'm at a loss for how to combat this problem. What should I be checking next in order to troubleshoot this problem so that I can move past reliability issues and get on with more interesting projects?
I acquired a Mosin as my first rifle a little while back, and I've been enjoying shooting it. Now that the novelty has worn off and the itch to buy every accessory under the sun (which for the Mosin isn't many) has begun to abate, I've decided to settle down to improving my rifle's functionality and accuracy.
First on the list is a feeding issue that I've been battling regularly. I've been loading my stripper clips in a pyramid type space arrangement, rims like so:
****---****
**---**---**
---******---
When I feed the rounds in to the magazine, however, I get a rimlock four times out of five. This is only a problem with the top round. All other rounds cycle flawlessly regardless of rim ordering. My understanding is that with a properly functioning interrupter there is no mechanical reason for a Mosin to rimlock, regardless of the arrangement of the cartridge rims.
To combat this problem I ordered a full replacement spring kit from "buymilsurp.com" and replaced the interrupter spring. There was a marginal decrease in rimlock frequency, but it's still an unacceptably regular occurrence.
I'm at a loss for how to combat this problem. What should I be checking next in order to troubleshoot this problem so that I can move past reliability issues and get on with more interesting projects?